1869 Louisiana Senate Election Report — W. B. Gray vs A. B. Bacon — Reconstruction Era New Orleans Printing A. L. Lee
1869 Louisiana Senate Election Report — W. B. Gray vs A. B. Bacon — Reconstruction Era New Orleans Printing A. L. Lee
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Original 1869 Louisiana government pamphlet titled Report of Senate Committee on Elections in Case of W. B. Gray vs. A. B. Bacon, with an Abstract of Pleadings and Testimony.
Printed in New Orleans by A. L. Lee, State Printer, January 1869.
This publication documents a contested Senate election during the Reconstruction period, reflecting the political turbulence in post-Civil War Louisiana. Gray and Bacon were rival candidates whose dispute reached the state Senate Committee on Elections.
Approx. 9¼ × 6 inches. Original printed gray wrappers, side-stitched binding. Wear and chipping along spine and edges, light foxing, small moisture stain at top right corner, pencil note rear cover. Interior otherwise clean and legible.
A scarce surviving example of Reconstruction-era Louisiana political printing.
Printed in New Orleans, A. L. Lee, State Printer, 1869.
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